5503
Sold At Auction #26
Lot Number: 62129
Final Sale Price: $143.00
Denomination: Tetradrachm
Dewing 638; SNG ANS 317; SNG Copenhagen 390

 Sicily, Messana. Circa 480-461 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.16 gm). Charioteer driving mule
  team, olive leaf below / MESSENION (both S' retrograde), bounding hare right. Dewing
  638; SNG ANS 317; SNG Copenhagen 390. Fair, toned. Estimate $200.

  Struck originally to mark the victory of Anaxilas' mule team in the Olympics of 480
  BC, this type was continued after the expulsion of the tyrant's sons in 461 BC to
  become the traditional type for Messana until at least the end of the 5th century BC.

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